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Nikaṭṭhasuttaṃ [AN 4.138, PTS 2.138]

8.

The Discourse on Nearness

138.More DetailsCommentaries "Monks, there are these four persons existing and found in the world. Which four? One with body near but mind not near, one with body not near but mind near, one with body not near and mind not near, and one with body near and mind near.

And how, monks, is a person one with body near but mind not near? Here, monks, a certain person resorts to remote forest and woodland lodgings, secluded. There he thinks sensual thoughts, thinks thoughts of anger, thinks thoughts of violence. Thus, monks, a person is one with body near but mind not near.

And how, monks, is a person one with body not near but mind near? Here, monks, a certain person does not indeed resort to remote forest and woodland lodgings, secluded. There he thinks thoughts of renunciation, thinks thoughts of non-anger, thinks thoughts of non-violence. Thus, monks, a person is one with body not near but mind near.

And how, monks, is a person one with body not near and mind not near? Here, monks, a certain person does not indeed resort to remote forest and woodland lodgings, secluded. There he thinks sensual thoughts, thinks thoughts of anger, thinks thoughts of violence. Thus, monks, a person is one with body not near and mind not near.

And how, monks, is a person one with body near and mind near? Here, monks, a certain person resorts to remote forest and woodland lodgings, secluded. There he thinks thoughts of renunciation, thinks thoughts of non-anger, thinks thoughts of non-violence. Thus, monks, a person is one with body near and mind near. These, monks, are the four persons existing and found in the world." The eighth.

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